Churchill Positive
Hitler Negative
Stalin Both Positive and Negative
Bush Negative
Kennedy Positive
Martin luther King Jr Positive
Aung San Suu Kyi Positive
Mandela Positive
Roy Keane Positive (For showing me never to accept second place)
Finally My girlfriend for showing me i have a reason to live despite the state the world is in
Originally posted by ragesRemorse
You actually think the Wright brothers have made a little bit of a negativeimpact on us? i just want to know how so, please tell me?
If that statement were true, than I'm assuming you believe that the inventor of the automobile had a negative impact on the world as well? I believe that whole "It's not the car that's dangerous, but rather the driver behind the wheel thing" more than I believe that the Wright brothers are responsible for that.
Without doubt............Captain James Cook R.N. - R.S.
The GREATEST Cartographer, Navigator, Seaman, Humanitarian, Salty Sea Dog and YORKSHIREMAN.....EVER!!
Sailed 3 of the greatest exploration voyages EVER !
Found New Zealand, Australia and most of the Polyenesian Islands - Found and charted Hawaii before his death there.
WE COULD ALL LEARN A LOT FROM WHAT THIS MAN DID AND IN THE MANNER HE DID IT !!
Even 2 of the Space Shuttles bear his Ships names - Endeavour & Discovery.......Even N.A.S.A. are Impressed by him !!
Respectfully
Re: people who have had the biggest impact ever
Originally posted by Drifter101
yup make a top ten list of those who have impacted the world negative or positive, who out of the whole time of existance?
All ten of these can be viewed either positively or negatively. It is a list of people who have made a far-reaching impact on world history. The question might have been simplified if a specific timeframe was given, but we'll just have to make do.
1. Jesus Christ--First Century AD teacher, prophet, humanitarian who gradually paved the way for the most expansive religious following of the modern era. Crucified for spreading around a set of ideas that ran perpendicular to the ones being followed by the authorities.
2. Mohammed--Sixth/ Seventh Century AD teacher, prophet who gradually paved the way for the second most expansive religious following of the modern era. Massive split soon after his death formed two hardcore sects that continue to inflame and broil to this very day.
3. Alexander the Great--Fourth Century BC military general who successfully conquered enormous territory for Greece encompassing many miles from the Caspian Sea to Egypt to the western boundaries of India. Met an untimely end too early in his life. His death immediately divided the empire into three fragile kingdoms that ultimately dissolved into the Roman empire.
4. Homer--c. Eighth Century BC poet who orally passed down the most influential long-poem tales ever: Iliad and Odyssey
5. Mahatma Ghandi--Nineteenth/ Twentieth Century AD activist and spiritual leader who resisted British imperialism in India through mass civil disobedience (satyagraha). Spent a number of years in jail for his movement. Assassinated by a Hindu nationalist
6. Siddhartha Guatama--c. Sixth Century BC spiritual teacher regarded as the Supreme Buddha in most traditions.
7. Marco Polo-- Thirteenth Century AD navigator and merchant who introduced Europeans with the life and culture of China and Central Asia. The groundwork for European imperialism and trade finally received a valid connection.
8. Johannes Gutenberg-- Fifteenth Century AD goldsmith and printer who introduced modern book printing. Mechanical movable type printing spurned key roles in the Renaissance, Reformation and Scientific Revolution.
9. Socrates-- Fifth Century BC Greek philosopher renowned in the field of ethics and elenchus. Most of what we know from him comes from the writings of the equally renowned philosopher, Plato.
10. Martin Luther King, Jr-- Twentieth Century AD activist for minority civil rights. A man of high intellect and brilliant voice that rallied a strong cause that ultimately granted and secured enough equality between the white and non-white races. Assassinated in the turbulent Vietnam years.
Originally posted by inimalist
indeedeverything of importance, ever, in the history of the world, was done by a European white man
That's a result of the way education gets structured. The idea is to teach children about historical events that directly impact their lives in the modern world. In the West that means if Europeans weren't involved no one ever hears about it because it was the actions of Europeans (and the Mid East if you go back far enough) that shaped most of Western history.
Originally posted by Symmetric Chaos
That's a result of the way education gets structured. The idea is to teach children about historical events that directly impact their lives in the modern world. In the West that means if Europeans weren't involved no one ever hears about it because it was the actions of Europeans (and the Mid East if you go back far enough) that shaped most of Western history.
no, I do get that
I'm more criticizing the "great man" interpretation
For me, someone like Mohammed or Alexander, sure, they were as individuals very important, but imagine either were born 100 or 200 years earlier/later, its entirely debateable as to whether we would know them at all.
Similarily, I tend to think that in most cases, history is governed by social and economic forces, meaning that most of these "great people", imho, would have been replaced by a marginally similar collegue. For me, if there were no Hitler, someone would have capitalized on the social forces of Europe at the time.
Though ya, the total ignorance of Eastern contributions to history, African contributions, or Islamic contributions outside of religion are pretty shameful for a modern education system...
(though, that text books thread)